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10 Best Movies Like Rotlicht

If you loved Rotlicht, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

#2
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

#3
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

2011★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Life...

#4
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing childre...

#5
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

#6
Gotti

Gotti

1996★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rotlicht for fans of Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in Am...

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